Updated on January 19, 2021 at 6:32 pm
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More than a dozen sites are being illuminated in Boston Tuesday evening in solidarity with cities across the nation memorializing the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced that it would host the COVID-19 Memorial in honor of those who have died from the coronavirus the day before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office.
The committee invited cities and towns around the country to light up their buildings and ring church bells at 5:30 p.m. ET on Jan. 19 in a national moment of unity and remembrance. A ceremony was held at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, where Biden delivered his final address as president-elect.
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Cambia Health Foundation announces the seventh cohort of scholars accepted into its Sojourns® Scholar Leadership Program. Twelve emerging palliative care leaders were carefully chosen through a rigorous selection process from a highly competitive pool. In addition, the Foundation has opened the 2021 Sojourns® Scholar Leadership Program Call for Applications and encourages palliative care professionals from across the country, including all disciplines and practice settings to apply.
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The Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program is designed to identify, cultivate and advance the next generation of palliative care leaders. As part of the leadership program, each Sojourns Scholar receives $180,000 in funding ($90,000/year over a two-year period) to conduct an innovative and impactful clinical, policy, educational, health equity or systems change project in the field of palliative care. Scholars also participate with other scholars
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is diving deeper into biotech financing, announcing Thursday the launch of Binney Street Capital, its first-ever venture fund.
Binney will support new research and technologies as part of the institute s larger mission to help treat incurable cancers. The fund plans to invest in eight to 10 companies over the next three years, providing between $250,000 and $2 million per investment, according to Luba Greenwood, a veteran life sciences investor who will serve as Binney s managing partner.
Specifically, the money will go to startups that were either created using Dana-Farber s intellectual property, or co-founded by one of its investigators. The institute says Binney will primarily focus on companies developing new drugs, but could also invest in those working on health services, digital health and novel diagnostics.